Re: typescript reprint

    I'd assume there's no problem, since the essay collection was published over 75 years ago (the maximum term of protection for works published before 1978).

• Eugene Volokh, UCLA Law <volokh[_at_]law.ucla.edu>

Kathy Temple writes:
>
> A colleague of mine would like to reprint a typescript of an essay
> written by someone loosely affiliated with the Wordsworth circle. He
> owns the typescript which was reprinted in slightly altered form in a
> collection of essays in 1918. Would he have any liability if he issued
> a reprint of the typescript (his preference), or of the version that
> appeared in the collection of essays? I should note that there is
> nothing unusual about the typescript; it is simply related to some
> highly specialized scholarly work he is doing and would be reprinted
> as something of interest to Wordsworth scholars.
Received on Tue Feb 28 1995 - 17:42:35 GMT